Chapter 15
Tuesday morning, of week four, Marie walked into the little coffee bar around the corner from where she usually boarded the subway. She always stopped in there for a cup of coffee on the mornings she was too late to make her own at home. She hadn’t been in there for almost a month.
“Yo, Marie!” one of the baristas called when he saw her walk in.
“Hey, Geordi,” she answered as she gave him a big smile. “How’re you doing?”
“I’m great,” he answered. “You haven’t been in for quite a while. I was hoping you hadn’t gotten fired.”
“Nope. Not fired. I quit,” she answered.
“Quit? What are you doing? Do you have another job, or did you find a rich lover?” He grinned at her as he reached for a cup to make her favorite coffee.
“I got a part in a Broadway show. We open for previews ne
